Tuesday, 8 October 2019
My Lords, on behalf of the whole House, I would like to pay tribute to the noble Baroness, Lady Boothroyd, one of our most distinguished Members, on her 90th birthday. As noble Lords will know,...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether landmines laid in the Falkland Islands by the Argentinean forces in 1982 have been removed.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that retailers selling kitchen knives adhere to regulations on the sale of knives.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the current financial sustainability of national museums and galleries.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what (1) lessons they have learnt, and (2) procedures they intend to change, following the reconsideration of the visa application by Dr Mu-Chun Chiang.
Lord Forsyth of Drumlean: Asked by Lord Forsyth of Drumlean To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that roads in central London, including those leading to...
Lord Cormack: Asked by Lord Cormack To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the publication of the report by Sir Richard Henriques and the publication of the report by the Independent...
My Lords, with the leave of the House I will repeat a Statement made today by my right honourable friend the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in another place. The Statement is as follows:...
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question asked in another place on the withdrawal of US troops from northern Syria....
My Lords, with the leave of the House, I will now repeat, in the form of a Statement, the Answer given by my honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Exiting the European...
Lord Foster of Bath: Moved by Lord Foster of Bath That this House takes note of the Report from the Select Committee on the Rural Economy Time for a strategy for the rural economy (HL Paper 330).
The Bill was returned from the Commons agreed to. Sitting suspended.
The Lords Commissioners were: Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, Lord Fowler, Lord Newby, Lord Judge, Baroness Smith of Basildon
The following Acts were given Royal Assent: Parliamentary Buildings (Restoration and Renewal) Act, Census (Return Particulars and Removal of Penalties) Act.
Her Majesty’s most gracious Speech was then delivered to both Houses of Parliament by the Lord Privy Seal, in pursuance of Her Majesty’s Command, as follows. My Lords and Members of...
Debates in the House of Lords are an opportunity for Peers from all parties (and crossbench peers, and Bishops) to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
